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Lawyer in frederick county, maryland, taney had defended jacob gruber, an antislavery methodist minister accused of disturbing the peace and inciting rebellion. And in the process, taney had cited the declaration of independence in support of his antislavery views and had actually called slavery a blot on our national character. The author of the unjust judge made much of this type of change of heart, describing taney as failing to live up to his early ideals as well as those of the nations founders. In hid analysis, he said that africanamericans, contrary to taneys assertion, had been include...

Battlefields. Well let you hear from scholars and reenactors and bring you the latest historical forums on the subject naps programs on the civil war every saturday 6 00 p. M. And 10 00 p. M. Eastern on American History tv on cspan3. Oliver Wendell Holmes jr. Served in the union army from 1861 to 1864, and he was wounded three times in battle. Next a panel of scholars looks at the impact of the civil war on the life of the future Supreme Court justice, including how his time as a soldier shaped his law career. The Supreme Court Historical Society hosted this hourlong discussion. Good evening, ...

Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the Supreme Court. Its great to see so many people here for the Supreme Court historical societys second lecture of the 2014 leon silverman lecture series. The society was formed in 1974 by chief Justice Warren berger with the notion of promoting public understanding of the history of the court. And it does that in many ways, through lectures like these, through the publication three times a year of the journal of Supreme Court history, and through the acquisition of portraits of the justices for display in the Supreme Court building. Id also like to espe...

Under the command of general early nearly invaded washington, d. C. Next, marc leepson takes us on a tour of battlefields to tell the story of the battle of monocacy, where the confederates were delayed by union forces in their approach to the capital, and the battle of fort stevens, where general early probed the defenses of the heavily fortified city before deciding to turn back. , the Bigger Picture of what the war. This was just after the bloodiest six weeks of the civil war. The battle of the wilderness. The spotsylvania courthouse. Union casualties, about 40,000. There was war especially...

Parks. The Planning Commission recently celebrated 90 years since our organization was chartered by congress. One note is that one of our early responsibilities involved acquiring the property that has become fort circle parks. In terms of what we do, i would like to mention one project, one relevant to the National Archives. We started work on the pennsylvania avenue initiative. We are working with the General Services administration and the National Park service to study the near and longterm need for pennsylvania avenue between the white house and the capitol. We will develop a vision for t...